Category Archives: Bird conservation

Fall Woods Walk 1

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Richard

Ginger and I have been exploring a local forest and its network of trails. Yesterday, we walked and birded for nearly three hours and never saw anyone.  It was quiet: there were no road noises, chainsaws, people, or dogs – … Continue reading →

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Common Loon Reproductive Success in Canada

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Richard

Bird Studies Canada recently published an article in the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology summarizing patterns in Common Loon reproductive success between 1992-2010 across southern Canada, using data collected by participants in BSC’s Canadian Lakes Loon Survey. The reproductive success of the Common … Continue reading →

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Drilling for “oil” in the nursery

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Richard

A disturbing article on the effect of tar sands on birds from Canadian blogger Sharon McInnes: Some of Enbridge’s oil tanks are decorated with illustrations of lovely Canada Geese in flight. Let’s just hope they don’t land in the tar sands … Continue reading →

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Declining Grassland Birds & Pesticides

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Richard

A new paper by Canadian scientists Pierre Mineau and Mélanie Whiteside identifies pesticide toxicity to birds as an important factor in grassland bird declines. “Pesticide Acute Toxicity is a Better Correlate of U.S. Grassland Bird Declines than Agricultural Intensification” was … Continue reading →

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Foresters for the Birds wins national recognition

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Richard

The Foresters for the Birds project has won national recognition from the U.S. Forest Service Wings Across the Americas program for its collaborative approach to forest and bird habitat conservation in Vermont and along the Atlantic Flyway. Every year, the … Continue reading →

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Foresters for the Birds

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Richard

On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Audubon Vermont and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (VT FP&R) will be hosting a woods tour of an active logging job that demonstrates concepts and practices developed through a unique and innovative … Continue reading →

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Increase in bird song activity later in the nesting season.

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Richard

Written by Norm Famous on maine-birds@googlegroups.com I first experienced a rise in bird song activity while mapping the distribution of breeding bird species inside 20-acre blocks of forest. Song or territorial activity for the early nesting species that arrive inApril … Continue reading →

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Secretary Salazar Releases 2011 State of the Birds Report

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Richard

The full report is available at www.stateofthebirds.org.U.S. Department of the InteriorAMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Secretary Salazar Releases 2011 State of the Birds ReportReport Shows Public Lands and Waters Crucial to Birds; One Out of Four Birds Species on Public Land in … Continue reading →

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